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First-Year Project Experience In Aerospace: Apogee Determination Of Model Rockets With Explicit Consideration Of Drag Effect, Hüseyin Sarper, Drew Landman, Linda Vahala
First-Year Project Experience In Aerospace: Apogee Determination Of Model Rockets With Explicit Consideration Of Drag Effect, Hüseyin Sarper, Drew Landman, Linda Vahala
Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications
This paper describes a student team project using model rockets and engines to learn engineering solution methods for determining the apogee of model rocket when the drag effect is considered explicitly instead of estimating its effect later. Model rocketry is a powerful tool for instructors who wish to incorporate science, engineering, and mathematics into a fun, engaging, and challenging activity for the students. The apogee can be determined using a number of distinct methods: trigonometry, onboard altimeters, analytical calculations, and simulation. This paper emphasizes numerical analytical solution using spreadsheet programming instead of a full analytical solution that requires higher mathematics. …
Use Of Single Stage Model Rockets To Teach Some Engineering Principles And Practices To First Year Engineering And Engineering Technology Students, Hüseyin Sarper, Linda Vahala
Use Of Single Stage Model Rockets To Teach Some Engineering Principles And Practices To First Year Engineering And Engineering Technology Students, Hüseyin Sarper, Linda Vahala
Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications
Model rocketry has been called miniature astronautics; a technology in miniature, a hobby, a sport, a technological recreation, an educational tool, and it is all of these things. This paper will describe student projects using model rockets and engines to learn engineering principles for launching rockets and determining the apogee. Model rocketry is a powerful tool for instructors who wish to incorporate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into a fun, engaging, and challenging activity for first year engineering students. The apogee can be determined using four distinct methods: trigonometry using hand held angle measuring tools, onboard altimeter devices, analytical calculations …